Device for making tea, coffee, or other infusions.



PATENTED APR. 4, 1905.

G. MGKENZ DEVICE EUR MAKING TEA, COFFEE, OR OTHER NFUSIONS.

UNITED STATES Patented. April 4, 1905.

PATENT QEETCE.

CHARLES MCKENZIE, 0F BUTTE, li/IGNTAN.

DEVICE FOR MAKING TEA, COFFEE, OR OTHER INFUSIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,666, dated April 4, 1905.

Application filed July 21,1904. Serial No. 217,509.

vTo a/ZZ whom t muy concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MCKENZIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county of Silverbow and State of Montana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Devices Vfor Making Tea,vUof fee, or other Beverages, Steeped or Boiled, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for making tea, coiiee, or other beverages, steeped or boiled, and has for its object to produce adevice in which the strength ot' the infusion can be regulated according to the taste of the users.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts as Will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

in the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section showing the basket lowered into the pot. Fig. 2 is a detail section of a part of the lid. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modified form of rod-locking device. Fig. 4. is an elevation of one form of basket. Fig. 5 is a similar View of another form of basket. Fig. 6 is a similar View of still another form of basket.

A represents a pot, the body portion of Which may be of any usual construction.

A' is the lid of the teapot, said lid being formed as a dome of bell shape or any other desired shape. Said lid may have and usually is provided with an integral upwardlyextending tubular projection A2, within which slides a rod B. To the upper end ot said rod is attached a plate B, on which is inscribed directions for using the pot in making any infusion ot' the desired strength. To the lower end of rod B is attached a receptacle (Lof foraminous material, in which the material for making the infusion is placed. Said receptacle is to be made oi' a shape corresponding to that of the dome A', and it is to be so constructed that it may be opened to receive the infusion material. rlhis may be done in several ways-as, forinstance, making the receptacle or basket C in two equal parts hinged at its center, or it may have a hinged lid C or a hinged bottom C2. In each construction the parts are held together by a spring catch or latch or other suitable means. The rod B, which slides through the tubular projection A2, may bc held at any desired point by a set-screw A, litted to said extension, or a spring A''l'astened at one end to the outside of the projection A2 and having at its Yfree end a pin a", which passes through an opening a. in the tubular projection A5l and bears against thc rod B with suflicient pressure to hold the rod at any point desired.

It is a well-known fact that peoples tastes as to the strength ot' the tea, co'liee, or other infusion material diii'er, and it is to meet these varying tastes and still use the same pot and the same amount ot' tea or cotl'ce or other` infusion material in every case. To do this, it is only necessary to follow the instructions inscribed on the plate B'. Thus to make a weak infusion the receptacle or basket is drawn up into the dome o1 the lid, the basket opened and filled with infusion material. Boiling' water in any desired quantity is then poured into the pot, the lid closed, and thc rod B pushed down until the basket with its contained infusion material is in the boiling water. The receptacle is left there only a short space of time and then withdrawn from the water and held above the water or even in the dome of the lid by means or' the clamping means before mentioned. The infusion can then be poured out oi' the spout oi the pot. as usual. To make asti-ong infusion, the receptacle is pushed down into the boiling water and allowed to remain there. The in- .'fusion in this instance can then be poured from the spout as in the former instance. lt will be thus observed that any desired strength of infusion can be made by varying the length of time which the basket is to remain in the boiling water, and as the infusion material is confined within a foraminous receptacle (preterably wire-gauze) the annoyance of using' a separate strainer through which to pour the infusion is obviated. On account of the basket being capable of being drawn up into the dome-like top ot' the lid the infusion material can be readily placed in said receptacle or basket.

lt will of course be understood that coiee TOO iniiisions also may be inadc by ineans ot' my improvement with equal facility.

Hering thus described niy invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.I isl. A device 'foi' making` infusions comprising a pot, a doineelike lid or cover hinged thereto, a tubulin' projection extending upwardly from said lid, a rod passing through said tubular projection, a separable lioi'aininous basket or receptacle seeuicd to the lower end of said rod, end means attacheifl to the tu bulai projection for clani pin g and holding` the rod at any ldesired point, whereby the `oi'aininous basket may be raised and lowered and held at :my desired height within the pot.

2. A device ioil inakii'ig` infusions comprising a pot, a lid or cover hinged thereto, a tubular projection extending upwardly Yfrom jection, a two-part foraniinous basket or i'eeptaele attached to the lower end of said iod and means for clamping and. holding said rod fit any desired point intermediate its ends.

CHARLES MCKENZE.

Vfitnesses:

(i. R. HoenvoLL, H. J WTARFIELD. 

